Analyse the case study „SEVEN-ELEVEN JAPAN CO“ on pp. 82-88 of the book Supply Chain Management, Strategy, planning & operations – Pearson International Edition, Third Edition, 2001, 2004, 2007 by Pearson Education Inc., ISBN: 0-13-202345-8. Write a report to describe the background, analyse the case using the information provided, identify the issues faced by the company, and address the following questions: 1) A convenience store chain attempts to be responsive and provide customers what they need, when they need it, where they need it. What are some different ways that a convenience store supply chain can be responsive? What are some risks in each case? 2) Seven-Eleven’s supply chain strategy in Japan can be described as attempting to micro-match supply and demand using rapid replenishment. What are the risks associated with this choice? 3) What has Seven-Eleven done in its choice of facility location, inventory management, transportation, and information infrastructure to develop capabilities that support its supply chain strategy in Japan? 4) Seven-Eleven does not allow direct store delivery in Japan but has all products flow through its distribution centre. What benefit does Seven-Eleven derive from this policy? When is direct store delivery more appropriate? 5) What do you think about the 7dream concept for Seven-Eleven Japan? From a supply chain perspective, is it likely to be more successful in Japan or the United States? Why? 6) Seven-Eleven is attempting to dublicate the supply chain structure that has succeded in Japan in the United States with the introduction of CDGs. What are the pros and cons of this approach? Keep in mind that stores are also replenished by wholesalers and DSD by manufacturers. 7) The United States has food service distributors that also replenish convenience stores. What are the pros and cons to having a distributor replenish convenience stores versus a company like Seven-Eleven managing its own distribution function? Apart from the covering page, the report should include the following: a) Exceutive Summary (summarise the background, the findings, and the recommendations) b) Table of contents c) List of figures d) List of tables e) Brief background of the case f) Analyse of the case (make full use of the information provided in the case to identify the issues faced by the company) g) Answers to the case questions (answer each question on a separate page) h) Overall conclusions ( State how the issues identified in (f) can be duly addressed i) Use as many summary tables, charts and figures as possible to aid your analysis and discussion.